On 07/02/13 09:52, Gareth France wrote:
Yes, I can choose not to use flash in much the same way as I can choose to drive my car without wheels! It's an unfortunate fact of life that some of the websites I use require it. I can try chrome and see how it goes.
No, you've entirely missed the point. Some sites use flash in a sensible way such as youtube and iplayer. Where the primary use of the page is to deliver content in the flash player. Other sites use it for purposes which are not the primary use. For example tracking your visits or presenting adverts on a news website.
Installing flashblock merely inhibits the auto-start nature of flash based applications. You can whitelist certain sites/domains (such as iplayer and youtube) very easily, whilst leaving flash disabled on sites that don't "need" it.
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